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LOT 1102
Western Asiatic White Painted Pottery Vessel
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (200 grams, 10 cm).
With globular body and square-section neck, loop handle to shoulder and white linear ornament. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the property of Mr O.S., a late Suffolk, UK, gentleman, who acquired at auction from the 1960s.
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UK gallery, early 2000s.
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